We eat no specific food on Sehri. I prefer dates soaked in milk while others might prefer a full-course meal. The main function of the pre-dawn Sehri is to help women to sustain the 24-hour fast without water and to perform their household and religious duties with devotion. On the second day, towards evening, the altar is prepared in which the figures of chilh and siyar (eagle and fox) made from clay are kept beside the figure of Jimuthvahan, made from Kusha grass. After offering flowers and fruits to the idols, reading the katha or story of jitiya with aarti completes the evening puja.